SAN JOSE, CA—After a long day of questioning by a judge and lawyers from each side, a jury of six women and two men has been selected to hear a damages case about how much Samsung should pay Apple for its patents.

The jury was asked a variety of questions about factors that could be unduly influential. For example, they were asked if they or their relatives or friends worked for Apple, Samsung, Google, Seagate, or Nokia. They were asked if they've been involved in lawsuits before, as a plaintiff or defendant; they were asked what kinds of phones and other devices they have.

The jury comes from an array of backgrounds. The group includes a social worker, an Army combat medic turned ER nurse, a retired English teacher who was born in the UK, a pharmacist, and a Stanford medical researcher.

Samsung asked to dismiss three jurors for cause, and US District Judge Lucy Koh, who is overseeing the proceedings, rejected those requests. One of those jurors, the social worker, had a cousin who worked for Samsung and left under what he said were negative circumstances. The juror said that wouldn't bias him. Samsung tried to have him bumped anyhow

At one point, Samsung's lawyer asked if anyone in the jury pool felt they had been negatively affected by out-sourcing. The social worker said that he "grew up union" and had a "huge problem" with outsourcing. "I grew up believing in American workmanship and keeping jobs here," he said.

Others also expressed concerns in reaction to the outsourcing question, but they didn't remain on the jury.

Earlier in the day, one software engineer was dismissed for cause after he expressed concerns that too many vague patents were granted. "Some of the patents are too vague, and I don't think they should [happen] in the first place," he said.

At another point, a panel of 11 jurors who were together in a waiting area were dismissed because there was some discussion that the judge considered related to the case. At least one juror in that group said there had been a general discussion about the case; other jurors said they had heard about it on the radio on the way to court this morning.

Opening statements are scheduled to begin tomorrow. The only issue in the case is how much money Samsung should pay for a set of patents that were already found to be infringed. Judge Koh found the 2012 jury didn't calculate damages properly, and she slashed about $450 million from the verdict, which originally stood at $1.05 billion.

Last summer's verdict would have been an all-time record had it held up on appeal. This jury could return the stakes in the case to those record-setting levels, or significantly lessen them.